Rever-Salmi of Fortune

Ville Salmi has suffered a couple of setbacks, stackwise, in the post dinner period. Maybe it was the lovely rich fish and risotto dinner which has given him that common poker-player complaint of drowsiness, or maybe he has just underestimated his opponents' tenacity...

First off, he got one preflop raise through with no call, but the second time Teemu Kangasvieri made the call out of the blinds. Both players checked the 7♥ 8♥ J♥ flop. On the 3♠ turn, Kangasvieri bet out 65k and was called by Salmi.

The river was the 2♠ Now Kangasvieri checked, and Salmi counted out a laborious 81k bet. Back to Kangasvieri who finally came to the decision to call with his 9♣ 9♦. It was good - Salmi could only table Ace-high - the A♥ had been the nut flush draw on the flop but was good no more. About this - Salmi said he'd made, "An expensive mistake."